wife beater

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wife beater

noun wife beaters

alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative spelling of wifebeater The drink, which at 5.2 per cent alcohol is stronger than many other lagers and therefore makes people drunker and sometimes more aggressive more quickly, has acquired the unflattering soubriquet of "wife beater".

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@misc{wife_beater_2026,
  title = {wife beater},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wife%20beater},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}